Supervisory Psychologist Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for DC Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for DC
- Agency Wide Office of Behavioral Intervention Summary This position is loced in the Office of Behavioral Intervention (OBI) within
CSOSA. OBI
oversees a complex array of evidence-based assessments, evaluions, and cognitive behavior interventions, as well as innovive practices, and case management services th collectively are designed to mitige recidivism risk factors, quickly mch offenders to approprie services, and sustain positive change throughout the offender's supervision lifecycle and continuum of care. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Office of Behavioral Intervention (OBI) within
CSOSA. OBI
oversees a complex array of evidence-based assessments, evaluions, and cognitive behavior interventions, as well as innovive practices, and case management services th collectively are designed to mitige recidivism risk factors, quickly mch offenders to approprie services, and sustain positive change throughout the offender's supervision lifecycle and continuum of care. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday
- Apply in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 27, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279
- $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0180 Psychology Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
OB-26-12982676-IMP-KD
Control number 873939800 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Stus Candides (Merit Promotion Eligibles): Applicions accepted from current agency employees. Duties Help Serves as the Deputy Associe Director of the Assessments, Evaluion, and Placement Unit (AEPU) responsible for oversight of the enterprise-wide assessments of offenders and re-entry programming for returning citizens. Conducts and oversees psychological studies, evaluions, and resource-utilizion analyses; prepares findings and recommendions for agency leadership. Plans, develops, and manages psychological and behavioral-health programs, including risk-needs-responsivity (RNR) initiives, psycho-diagnostic services, and evidence-based interventions for high-risk populions. Oversees budget planning, resource allocion, staffing projections, and quality-improvement activities to support behavioral-health and offender-care programs. Prepares long-range program plans, technical reports, and justificions for resources, facilities, and program development needs. Provides leadership, guidance, and mentorship to supervisors and managers; supervises GS-14 staff; and ensures compliance with performance management, safety, and equal employment opportunity requirements. Coordines clinical and administrive operions across multiple programmic venues and collabores with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective integrion of services. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service , if applicable. May be required to successfully complete a one-year supervisory probionary period (unless already completed). Time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 calendar days of the closing de of this announcement. This is not a virtual or remote position; you must live within or be willing to reloce within a commutable distance of the duty locion which is Washington D.C. (District of Columbia). Qualificions You may qualify for the GS-15 level Supervisory Psychologist, if you fulfill ALL of the following qualificion requirements: Sisfactory completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly reled to full professional work in clinical psychology. You must provide a copy of your transcripts to support your educion claims. Transcripts must be submitted by the closing de of this announcement. Official copies may be requested if you are selected to move forward in the hiring process. Applicants must hold a current, full, unrestricted license to practice clinical psychology the doctoral level. This includes Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, or any comparable ste-issued unrestricted license in clinical psychology th authorizes independent diagnosis and trement. Licensure must be current the time of applicion and maintained throughout employment. Applicants are responsible for ensuring their licensure remains in good standing and for completing all continuing educion requirements necessary to maintain licensure. A copy of your current, unrestricted license must be submitted with your applicion. Failure to provide a copy of your license will result in loss of considerion. Applicants must have specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as providing expert clinical and programmic guidance on complex psychological issues, advising senior leadership, and contributing to policy and program decisions; leading psychological or behavioral-health programs, including program planning, evaluion, budgeting, quality-improvement activities, and integrion of evidence-based services for high-risk or high-needs populions; supervising professional staff and coordining clinical and administrive operions to ensure compliance with clinical, procedural, legal, and organizional standards.
Time-in-Grade:
Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicants must have served 52 weeks the GS-14 level (or equivalent) to qualify. Your most recent SF-50 , "Notificion of Personnel Action," showing your competitive service stus and the highest grade or promotion potential held must be submitted to verify time-in-grade eligibility. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: http://ope.ed.gov/accredition/ . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion Reasonable Accommodion (RA)
Requests:
If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . ( https://appsupport.usastaffing.gov/hc/en-us/sections/28980686389652-Reasonable-Accommodion-Informion ) If you are an eligible Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant, you may apply for special selection over other applicants for this position. Individuals who have special priority selection rights under the CTAP or ICTAP must be well qualified for the position. To be well qualified, applicants must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and meet the mid-level (scoring between 85 and 89) of the ring criteria for all factors or the established cutoff score.
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. Additional informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is : http://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ . Only experience and educion obtained by the closing de of this announcement You must meet all qualificion requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement and before placement in the position. CSOSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics: Leadership Oral Communicion Problem Solving Psychological Evaluions Writing Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help You must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (this is completed automically during the apply online process). 2. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. 3.
Other supporting documents:
- Cover Letter, optional
- College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion
- Most recent SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service)
DD-214, SF-15
Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities- Noncompetitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
- Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.
g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about one (1) hour to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Agency contact informion Kiran Dasti Phone 202 220-5765 kiran.dasti@csosa.gov Address
CSOSA 800
North Capitol Street NW Suite 701 Washington
DC, DC 20002 US
Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help You must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (this is completed automically during the apply online process). 2. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. 3.
Other supporting documents:
- Cover Letter, optional
- College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion
- Most recent SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service)
DD-214, SF-15
Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities- Noncompetitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
- Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.
g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about one (1) hour to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Kiran Dasti Phone 202 220-5765 kiran.dasti@csosa.gov Address
CSOSA 800
North Capitol Street NW Suite 701 Washington
DC, DC 20002 US
Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday
- Apply in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 27, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279
- $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
OB-26-12982676-IMP-KD
Control number 873939800